Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-09

| mus 10 TesloTc SOOu l'el ~. nut i
cannot forget how proud was when
felt the hot tears and doughnut crumbs
of my fellow-citizens raining down my
back.
The band then played, ''See the Con-
quering Hero Comes" and yielding to
the pressing demands of the populi.
made IA few irrelevant but low. pas
sionate remarks. as follows:
FELLOW. CITIZENS AND MEMBERS of
THE BAND: We are not here. as / UNI
derstand it. solely TO tickle our paates
with twisted doughnuts of our pamper.
ed and sin-cursed civil cation, but to
unite and give our best pledges once
more to the support OF the best men.
In this teacup Of foam ny aud imper-
vions cider from the Valley Of tho Jor-
! dan | drink to the success of he best
men. FellOw-ciizcns and members OF
! the band. we owe our fealty to the old
/ party Let us cling to the old party AS
long as there is any juice in it and
vote for its candidates. Let Us give
| our suilrages to men of advanced
/ thought who are loyal to Their party,
but poor. Gentlemen. | am what
would be called Il poor but brdiny
man. When | am not otherwise en-
/ gagged. you always find me engaged in
/ thought love the excitement of fol-
lowing up an idea and tracing t up II
tree. 1t is great pleasure for me to fol-
low the red-hot trail of thought or
the intellectual spoor of an idea. But
! do not allow tn : habit TO interfere
with pol tics. Politics and thought are
rad cally different. WIN shouIL man
think b mself weak on these polt cal
matters when there are men who have
made it tn, i business and ! f. study to
do the thinking for the masses?
Tbs j. my platform. | bel eve that
candidate should be poor. that he
should he a tn nker on other matters,
but leave pol teal matters aud nomina-
lions to profe >sional political gangia
and moulderS of pr marics who have
given their lives and the inner coating
Of their stomachs to the adv anc ment
of political methods by which the old.
cumbersome and dangerous custom of
defending our Institutions with drawn
,woards may be- Superseded by the
| modern and more attractive method of
do NJ 50 with overirawn salaries.
Fellow-c iz"ns and meiubrrS OF the
band, in clos NJ let me say that You
have seen rue placed 10 the lrying
position OF postmaster for the past year
For thai length If me have stood be-
tween YOU and the Government atWash-
ingtOn. have assisted ~ uphold NJ
the strong arm OF the Government, and
, yet have not allowed 10 crush YOU
No man here Tonight can say that
nave ov +. by word or dee J., revealed
outside the Office the contents Of
! postal card addressed to IA member of
my own party or held back or ob,truct-
ed the progress of new and startling
seeds sent by the representative from
the Agricultural Department. am IN
favor of IL full and free interchange of
Interstate red-eyed and pale beans. and
| favor the earl advancement and
earnest recognition OF the highly Of
fensve partisan. | thank you, neigh
bors aud band. (huSly and pianissimo).
for this crafty NJ little demonstration.
Words seem emptt and unava Ing At
this time. viii YOU not accept the
hospitality of my home? Neighbors.
you are welcome To- these halls. Come
in and look at the family album
The meeting then became informal,
and the chairman asked me as he came
down from his perch how would be
fixed by the first of the month. | told
him that | could not say. but hoped
that money matters would show less
apathy by that time.
have already taken up too much
space. however, in this simple recital
and have only room TO say that | was
not elected. and that of the seventy
five who came up to ndorse me and
then 90 home eXhilarated by my cheer.
ing doughnuts. forty voted for the
other man. thereby elecling IN by "A
plural " of every body. Home indorse-
ment. hard boiled eggs and hot tears
OF reconciliation can never fool me
again. They are as empty rs the bass
drum by which they are invariably
accompanied. A few wears ago
majority of the voters of newly
nedged city IN Wisconsin signed petit
ton asking a gentleman named Brad
shaw to run for the office Of Mayor.
He sad he did not want it. but if a
majority had signiiied in writing that
they needed him every hour he would
allow his name to be used. They then
turned m and defeated him by hand
some major ". thus showing that the
average patriotism of the present day
has "A string to il.
Who was the first 10 make the claim
That would surely win the game
Ru hat n IL